Striders of Croydon promoted their 25th annual Switchback race on Sunday, over an undulating five-mile course in Lloyd Park and Addington Hills. The winner was Ollie Garrod of Epsom, who recorded 27 minutes 49. For Striders, Phil Coales ran very well to place second in 28 minutes 17. Peter Mills was fourth (28.51), Bill Makuwa

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place second out of 2683 finishers in the Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday. He recorded 73 minutes 22 seconds, which is only 95 seconds outside his own club record for the distance. In the British Masters Championships at Birmingham on Saturday, Alan Dolton placed

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place 11th out of 55 teams in the annual Will Bolton Memorial Relays, organised by Blackheath & Bromley Harriers at Sparrows Den on Saturday. 16-year-old Matthew Ostrowski, the youngest member of the team, gave them a good start by running the first leg of four kilometres